255th Street & 83rd Road
The three-way junction of 255th Street and 83rd Road is in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/Hillside Av, is 700 feet away for the Q36, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/Hillside Av, 700 feet away, for the Q36.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/Hillside Av Q36700 feetQ36
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
Cycling
- 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Hillside Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 262-10 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2015.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11004
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park
- Elevation
- 91 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Within a walk
How places are listedBank branches
- Capital One Bank branch1,040 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and seven food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 83rd Avenue & 255th Street 260 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 255th Street 420 feet
- 83rd Avenue & 256th Street 520 feet
- 255th Street & 82nd Drive 520 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 83rd Avenue 590 feet
- Hillside Avenue & Little Neck Parkway 680 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 256th Street 680 feet
- 83rd Avenue & 253rd Street 760 feet
See every intersection along 255th Street.